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Nintendo is awesome! Tetris is brilliant! Open worlds are meh (Digitally Uploaded 2019, Episode #6)

February 19, 2019

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Last week Nintendo held its most impressive Nintendo Direct Web show ever, so we talk about all the awesome announcements that were made there (including Tetris!) We also have a good chat about open world games, given two very high-profile ones released this week: Metro and Far Cry. Is the…

Review: Modern Combat: Blackout (Nintendo Switch)

February 18, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Gameloft represents a lot of things that I find genuinely offensive about big business game development. The company takes popular ideas that other developers and publishers have pioneered, cribs them wholesale, and then dumps them for free (or close to free, but of course always with…

Far Cry New Dawn: A look at what this game’s all about

February 18, 2019

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Video by Pierre-Yves L. The full review will be live on DDNet later this week. Stay tuned! Far Cry: New Dawn is the latest in Ubisoft’s long-running open-world shooter series. In this video, Pierre-Yves takes a look at the game’s setting, and what it’s all about. What a month for…

Review: Reverie: Sweet As Edition (Nintendo Switch)

February 18, 2019

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Review by Harvard L. Reverie is a retro-styled top-down adventure game steeped in both modern and historic New Zealand culture. On the basis of charm alone, I was happy to hit it with full marks and enjoy my time while it lasted – but that would hardly make for an…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, February 18, 2019

February 17, 2019

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News by Lindsay M., News Editor Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news…

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February 15, 2019

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Video by Matt S. Sekiro comes out in about a month, and I’ve finally had some hands-on time with it! In this video I show you a couple of bosses that I fight along the way, and share some thoughts about how FromSoftware’s latest compares to some of its peers,…

Review: Solstice Chronicles: MIA (Nintendo Switch)

February 15, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Aliens (the film) has been responsible for a great many video games. Ever since James Cameron’s pioneering blend of science fiction, sheer terror, and hard action captured the imagination of film audiences, there have been umpteen efforts to capture into games that aesthetic and theme of…

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February 15, 2019

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Article by Matt S. Nintendo has come full circle, and it’s incredible to think a company is pulling exactly the same tricks that it did decades ago, in those heady early days of video games. It’s even more impressive that the company can surprise and delight in doing so. Related…

Review: Drowning (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 14, 2019

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Review by Lindsay M. It’s not a stretch to say there is a lot of contemporary talk regarding depression, but that’s all it is: talk. Talk about talking. This doesn’t deal with the root problem, which in Canada at least is the severe lack of access to proper mental health…

Going hands-on with The Division 2

February 14, 2019

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Preview by Trent P. The original The Division was an “and one more thing”; we all found out about it via a trailer tacked onto the very end of an E3 presentation by Ubisoft. For anyone who remembers watching it, you’ll also remember that it was a particularly impressive opening…

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